Adarsh society scam leaves Congress's house in disarray

Adarsh society scam leaves Congress's house in disarray

The ruling Congress in Maharashtra has cut a sorry figure after its leader, former chief minister Ashok Chavan, has been chargesheeted in the Adarsh Housing Society scam.

This, when the ruling party has already suffered embarrassment owing to a blame game between Chavan and his predecessors Vilasarao Deshmukh and Sushilkumar Shinde in connection with the alleged irregularities in the 2002 allotment of prime-land property to Kargil War heroes.

What's more, soon after the Central Bureau of Investigation chargesheeted him, Chavan stated that he was a victim of a 'conspiracy' hatched by his party colleagues, thus making the issue further awkward for the Congress.